六

six

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

リクロク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

むむ.つむいむっ.つ

Nanori (名乗り)

くむつろっろつ

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:4

JLPT:N5

Frequency:93

Vocabulary

リク

Word	Reading	Meaning
六合	リクゴウ	the universe; the cosmos
六書	リクショ	the six classes of Chinese characters; the six historical styles of writing Chinese characters; Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)
六道	リクドウ	the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
六韜三略	リクトウサンリャク	The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises); secrets (of the art of war, etc.); mysteries
六体	リクタイ	the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

ロク

Word	Reading	Meaning
十六	ジュウロク	sixteen; 16
六月	ロクガツ	June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
六十	ロクジュウ	sixty; 60
四六時中	シロクジチュウ	around the clock; day and night
十六日	ジュウロクニチ	16th day of the month; 16 days

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一六	じゅうろく	sixteen; 16
六借しい	むずかしい	difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
六十四分音符	ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ	64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
六日	むいか	6th day of the month; six days
六日	むゆか	6th day of the month; six days

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

stand up, rise, set up, erect

government office

wide, broad, spacious

by means of, because, in view of, compared with

soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

delusion, unnecessarily, without authority, reckless